Institute for Mittelstand and Family Firms

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The Institute for Mittelstand and Family Firms is an independent institute under private management sponsored by HSBA Hamburg School of Business Administration and the Hamburg World Economic Institute (HWWI).

Its aim is to identify the specific challenges faced by SMEs and family businesses (in Hamburg), to generate scientifically sound solutions and to transfer the findings to the economy.

The focus of the institute is on the one hand based on the fact that SMEs and family enterprises are the backbone of the German economy, specifically in terms of innovation and competitiveness. On the other hand though, they are neither the focus of the public, the science nor the politics , which all mainly focus on large companies.